Medical courses rank among the most marketable, most prestigious, most coveted and highest paying courses globally. In Kenya, a good number of colleges offer health related courses, and the Kenya medical training college, KMTC, ranks among the best. KMTC even offers some courses that are not available in most Kenyan public universities.

KMTC offers a number of courses, short course being among them. Most short courses are in service courses, meant for professionals who are out for capacity building.

However, some short courses are preservice and are open to anyone, so long as they are interested and they meet the qualifications, which in most cases are not so demanding. Form Four leavers who do not qualify to pursue diploma and certificate courses at KMTC yet are still interested in being skilled healthcare professionals can start with a short course and climb the ladder slowly till they reach their dream level. However, one has got increase his/ her levels of patience and self-discipline

A marketable short course enables those who pursue it not only to seek employment but also to sell their services through self-employment.

Some of the most marketable KMTC short courses are as summarized in the list below.  You can read more about the course by clicking on it.

1. A KMTC short course in HIV Training and Counseling Services
2. A KMTC short course in Echocardiography
3. A KMTC short course in Monitoring & evaluation
4. A KMTC short course in Entrepreneurship in health care.
5. A KMTC short course in First aid and basic life support
6. A KMTC short course in Sign Language for Health workers
7. A KMTC short course in critical care nutrition
8. A KMTC short course in Counseling skills for Healthcare Professionals
9. A KMTC short course in adherence counselling
10. A KMTC short course in Community Health Foundation

 HIV Testing Services

An HTS course makes the trainees to be prepared for provision testing services for HIV infections and builds links to after-test services like caring and treating infected patients. It also enables the learner to identify target populations that are in need VCT services.

This KMTC short course targets Healthcare workers and persons, who have an interest in working with organizations that deal in HIV/AIDS programs.

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Echocardiography

 This KMTC short course equips the learners with the ability to do and analyze echocardiograms and ultra-sound heart imaging and blood circulation.

The learner gets in depth insight into most modern laboratory machines like the echocardiography machines, which in turn improve their clinical skills.

The target groups for this KMTC short course are the those with knowledge in medical physiology or radiography.

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Monitoring &evaluation

 This KMTC short course enables the learner to design & implement medical care   projects in bid to fulfill the medical demands of a population.

The course also strengthens decision making skills of the trainees, based on evidence. Graduates of this KMTC course can join domestic and global non-governmental organizations.

The targeted groups for this KMTC short course include: Project Manager & their assistants, Project administrators, Health Information technologists, designers, supervisors, coordinators and those aspiring to be leaders in their companies.

Diploma holders in a related field are free to apply for this course.

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Entrepreneurship in Healthcare

This KMTC short course aims at making healthcare professionals to be employers rather than miserable employees. It gives them the skills to venture into medical care businesses like private hospitals, pharmacies, chemist shops, among others and manage those ventures successfully.

The targeted groups are healthcare employees/ graduates, and those engaged in health-related businesses.

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Safe Phlebotomy

This KMTC short course trains the learners the procedures for doing a phlebotomy safely, without secondary effects on the medic and the patient. It also makes the learner to know quality specimen to use during lab tests, how to handle phlebo equipment and how to rid exposure during the process.

The targeted groups are; research Scientists, Medical/clinical Officers, Nurses, and other certificate/diploma holders of medical related courses.

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Prevention of Infection

This KMTS short course gives the learners skills to diagnose, control, and prevent diseases and infections in any health care facility.

Targeted groups include; counselling professionals, care givers, Lab Technicians, health technologists, Healthcare professionals, support staff in hospitals, hospital administrators, and HTS providers.

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First Aid and Basic Life Support

This KMTC short course enhances prevention and management of emergencies that threaten and endanger life. The trainings are based on accredited global guidelines.

Targeted groups include: Drivers, Hotel staff, members of the armed forces, Security officers, emergency/ Disaster professionals at the Counties, teachers, church staff, among others.

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Sign Language for Health workers

 This KMTC short course enhances sign language communication to healthcare staff, which in turn enables the right medical care access to the hearing-impaired persons as per the requirements of universal health care coverage.

The learners get prepared to deal with the deaf.The targeted groups are all the staff at medical facilities.

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Foundation in Community Health

 This KMTC short course is a pre-training programme for persons determined to be competent community health officers.

Targeted groups are Form four leavers and those interested in serving the community; D Plain is the minimum grade for this course.

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Basic Medical Engineering

 This KMTC short course enriches the students with skills to repair, maintain, make and service different medical electronics and gadgets.Targeted groups are technicians and potential technicians, with specialization in medical equipment.

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Adherence Counselling

This KMTC short course enables trainees to get skilled required to counsel HIV positive patients, build adherence to medication and reduce their resistance to ARV drugs.

The targeted groups are Healthcare professionals, holders Diploma degree in health-related courses or Social Sciences with interest in HIV/AIDS programs and HTS Counsellors.

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Food Inspection and Hygiene

This KMTC short course assists trainees in food sourcing and hygienic preparation of food, thus reducing infections that can be transmitted through food.

Targeted groups are nutritionists, dieticians, food technologists, hotel staff, public health officers, among others.

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Healthcare professional Counseling skills

 This KMTC short course enables trainees to use a counselling approach to give an all-round care to their clients, prevent them from burning out as a result of extreme cases, build their communication abilities and improve their interpersonal public relations at place of work.

 Targeted groups are; those with interest in counselling, healthcare workers, HTS counsellors, general counsellors, community health professionals, social workers and teachers.

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Critical Care Nutrition

This KMTC short course makes the trainees able to; to investigate nutritional needs of very ill persons, integrate a functional nutritional intervention, and use the integrated intervention to care for patients who are in critical conditions.

Targeted groups are; Nutritionists, dieticians, Doctors, Laboratory Technologists, Nurses, Clinical Officers, Pharmacists, and Community Health officers.

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Paediatrical Neuro-rehabilitation

 This KMTC short course enables the trainees to improve their skills of performing Orthopaedical Manual Therapy (OMT) to clients in need of such.Targeted groups are those interested in physiotherapy, practicing physiotherapists and holders of various degrees in physiotherapy.

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Level I Women’s Health

 This KMTC short course enables the trainees to improve their skills of performing Orthopaedical Manual Therapy (OMT) to women in need of such.

Targeted groups are those interested in physiotherapy, practicing physiotherapists and holders of various degrees in physiotherapy.

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Vestibular Rehabilitation

 This KMTC short course enables the trainees to improve their skills of performing Orthopaedical Manual Therapy (OMT) to patients in need of such.

Targeted groups are those interested in physiotherapy, practicing physiotherapists and holders of various degrees in physiotherapy.

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Level III Women’s Health

This KMTC short course enables the trainees to improve their skills of performing Orthopaedical Manual Therapy (OMT) to women in need of such at an advanced stage.

Targeted groups are those interested in physiotherapy, practicing physiotherapists and holders of various degrees in physiotherapy. Applicants Must have done levels I and II women’s health successfully.

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Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

This KMTC short course enables the trainees to improve their skills of performing Orthopaedical Manual Therapy (OMT) on the hearts of affected clients.

Targeted groups are those interested in physiotherapy, practicing physiotherapists and holders of various degrees in physiotherapy.

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The Kenya medical training college offers several certificate, diploma, higher diploma and short courses.

KMTC short courses target form four leavers, serving professionals in various health or educational sectors, company staff, among others.

For professionals, KMTC short courses increase their competencies and market them for various jobs and organizations. They treat short courses as in-service courses, which play a major role in their capacity building. It is through this that their relevancy is maintained.

KMTC short courses can sometimes be customized to suit the demands of a particular company at request.

KMTC short courses are open and registration can occur any time.

Below are some of the KMTC short courses.